In this episode, Mike Myler joins us to talk about his latest project, Hypercorps 2099 — a cyberpunk world full of superheroes, monsters and badass historical figures. We also discuss how games can change lives and all the Star Wars movie news! Even though it made Mike cry a little and not in the good way.

Celebrate the meme-niversary of the classic, They’re Taking the Hobbits to Isengard video/music remix with us, plus throw in a Fandom Word of the Day and some Spider News! Fanfic Theatre: Jack Sparrow x Godzilla.

In this episode, the Lady Geeks take offense that the Slave Leia action figure doesn’t have doll hair. They have revelations about Barbie’s life, and Gizzy B shares her sordid and passionate history with the Joker character.

I love it when someone takes an iconic scene and puts a twist on it. These scenes are so engrained in our memories and a huge part of our pop culture lexicon that, at least for me, it’s always fun to see them a teased a bit. This week I picked a story that is a twist on one of the most famous cinematic scenes ever; when Darth Vader declares that he IS the father (without being pressured by Maury, what a guy).

Who said the third in the series is the worst? Once again, we recorded a podcast with Legends Podcast and talked geek news and… reasons why these fellas need to pick a geek girlfriend. Fanfic Theatre: Lord of the Rings.

For this week’s edition of Fanfic Monday I am featuring a short, but cool story about two female characters I felt were highly underdeveloped in the Star Wars universe; Padmé and Sabé.

The fanfic this week is called Better Problem Solver by ncfan of Fanfiction.net. It’s a short, but cool story about when Padmé and Sabé had a run in with a bounty hunter who had attempted to take Padmé hostage… and it fails miserably.

“A long time ago in a galaxy far far away…” is the iconic phrase that begins every Star Wars movie. Well, my epic Star Wars journey would more appropriately start, “Just a week ago only twenty minutes away… without traffic… if I’m lucky…”

What I’m trying to say is that last weekend I got to attend Star Wars Celebration. Ah! Like many I grew up watching Star Wars and so I was delighted to be able to finally go to this Star Wars-centric event.

I have to say there was something special about SWC. Maybe part of it is because Star Wars is something very special to me that I associate so much with being a child that I cannot help but be nostalgic when I am surrounded by it. Regardless, SWC was an absolute blast that catered to that little eight year old Giselle who used to wear her hair in the Princess Leia buns every day. Continue reading